A Place For Hopes

There are a lot of things I could worry about right now, but I'm choosing to cross those bridges when I get there and instead focusing on the things I do have control over. In my own way continuing to have the desire to make beautiful things, to put out good work, to care about the details, how it's made, who it's made by, to pour myself into all of this, is an act of resistance as a mere human being with a finite time in this world. To create art amidst chaos. To hope still for beauty, to hope still that what I endeavor to create and do will touch and inspire others. This must not be diminished. If anything, when things feel too dark and too much, my work is what gives me hope. Seeing others pursue joy and beauty gives me hope.

Earlier this year, I had some plans fall through for Atèlette, and honestly, it was really upsetting. But as they say, when one door closes, another one opens. It turns out, sometimes things really do fall apart to make room for something better, and this is what I'm leading up to...*drumroll please*

Atèlette is getting her very own showroom/studio come Spring 2026 in Portland! We won't begin moving for another month or so, then we start the build out. Since this plan wasn't in the cards until earlier this summer, I haven't spent too much time dreaming up of how I want this space to look, but I do know how I want it to feel...and interpreting that emotion is something I will delve more into when I have a bit more bandwidth to spare. I want to feel hopeful and peaceful every time I walk into this space. I want to be surrounded by  things that ground me, the elements that help focus my energy, the colors that allow my brain to feel rested and open. I want to pull inspiration from ocean landscapes, big open fields, sparse desert skies. I want to combine my love for iron, rust, seashells, stones, linen, and gauze. Both the ocean and high desert feel so healing to me. I think it's the vastness I love, the near emptiness. Even just thinking about it and picturing myself there I feel almost like I could cry. Both are such dear places to me. This is the feeling I want to capture in the future home of Atèlette. A place for my hopes to be free and become reality.